How to Treat Travel Sickness

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How to Treat Car Sickness

Mention the word travel and many others will relate that to traffic jams and delays. However, car sickness, especially on long journeys, can cause more of a disruption.

What is Car Sickness?

Travel sickness is caused by repeated movements such as going over humps. It usually occurs when there is a difference what your inner ears sense compared to what your eyes see. Consequently, the confusing mixed signals cause a person to feel unwell. It usually affects young children especially between the ages of two and 12. Young children will usually sit low down in the back seat and not able to see through the window. You will sense motion but the eyes won’t.

The symptoms of car sickness?

The signs of the car sickness can vary from individual to individual. However, generally speaking, the signs are; dizziness, headache, nausea, salivation, sweating, acute awareness of the stomach and vomiting. In very extreme cases the individual may suffer from hyperventilation. Currently, there is not all for car sickness. However, the team at DTC driving test services has compiled a few tips that may help.

Tips for preventing car sickness

Reduce sensory input

Books and electronic equipment is best avoided by those who suffer from car sickness. Instead, encourage the person to look outside the window. If a suffer focuses on something closer such as a book, this will cause conflict between what the eyes see and the nose senses.

Take control of the situation

A driver is less prone to car sickness than the passengers. If possible, sit in the driver’s seat. A possible reason for this is that the driver’s brain is in control of the car and therefore can predict the movements. If you must be a passenger try and sit in the front seat and look at the horizon. However, if there is no choice but you have to sit in the back of the car, try to start a conversation which will alleviate the anxiety of not being in control.

Drink and eat carefully

Watch your consumption of food and drink before starting a journey. Avoid excessive alcohol, spicy food or liquids that do not agree with you. Foods with odour or fat-rich foods a worsen the symptoms of car sickness. A cup of ginger tea may help reduce the effects of car sickness. Have a small, bland snack such as dry crackers.

Use distraction techniques

Thinking about sickness will only make it worse. Start a conversation, listen to the radio or even play a game which involves looking out of the window. With children especially, these games can be very entertaining. An example of this could be the first person to spot a caravan or the first person to spot a motorcycle.

 

 

 

 

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